SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                  SCHEDULE TO
                                 (Rule 13e-4)

           TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(1) OR 13(e)(1)
                    OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

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                               BWAY CORPORATION
         (Name of Subject Company (Issuer) and Filing Person (Offeror)

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                       Options Under Bway Corporation's
                         1995 Long-Term Incentive Plan
              to Purchase Common Stock, Par Value $.01 Per Share,
                            Held by Option Holders
                        (Title of Class of Securities)

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                                   056039100
               (CUSIP Number of Underlying Class of Securities)

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                                                                  copies to:
                Kevin C. Kern                              Jeffrey L. Schulte, Esq.
      Vice President, Administration and                     Heath D. Linsky, Esq.
           Chief Financial Officer                     Morris, Manning & Martin, L.L.P.
               Bway Corporation                          1600 Atlanta Financial Center
        8607 Roberts Drive, Suite 250                      3343 Peachtree Road, N.E.
           Atlanta, Georgia  30350                          Atlanta, Georgia 30326
                (770) 645-4800                                   (404) 233-7000

       (Name, address and telephone number of person authorized to receive notices
                    and communications on behalf of filing person)


                           CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
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     Transaction Valuation*                           Amount of Filing Fee
     ______________________                           ____________________
          $16,721,930                                        $3,345
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*  Calculated solely for purposes of determining the filing fee. This amount
   assumes that options to purchase 1,235,915 shares of common stock of Bway
   Corporation having a weighted average exercise price of $13.53 will be
   exchanged pursuant to this offer. The amount of the filing fee, calculated in
   accordance with Rule 0-11 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
   equals 1/50th of one percent of the value of the transaction.


[ ] Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2)
and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid.
Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or
Schedule and the date of its filing.

      Amount previously paid:              Not applicable.
      Form or Registration No.:            Not applicable.
      Filing party:                        Not applicable.
      Date filed:                          Not applicable.

[ ] Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications
made before the commencement of a tender offer.

Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the
statement relates:

[ ] third party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.
[X] issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.
[ ] going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.
[ ] amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.

Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results
of the tender offer: [ ]
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                            INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT

     This Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (this "Schedule TO") relates to
our offer to exchange options to purchase shares of our common stock, par value
$.01 per share, held by certain employees, directors and other eligible option
holders for new options to purchase shares of our common stock at a per share
exercise price equal to the fair market value of one share of our common stock
on the date of issuance upon the terms and subject to the conditions in the
Offer to Exchange dated June 11, 2001, attached hereto as Exhibit (a)(1)(A) (the
"Offer to Exchange") and the related Letter of Transmittal attached hereto as
Exhibit (a)(1)(B) (the "Letter of Transmittal").

     The information in the Offer to Exchange and the Letter of Transmittal is
incorporated herein by reference in answer to all applicable items in this
Schedule TO, except as otherwise set forth below.

ITEM 1.  Summary Term Sheet

         The information set forth under "Summary Term Sheet" in the Offer to
Exchange is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 2.  Subject Company Information

         (a)  Name and Address.

         The name of the issuer is Bway Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company").  The Company's principal executive offices are located at 8607
Roberts Drive, Suite 250, Atlanta, Georgia, 30350, and its telephone number is
(770) 645-4800.  The information set forth in the Offer to Exchange under
"Information Concerning Bway" is incorporated herein by reference.

         (b)  Securities.

         This Schedule TO related to an offer by the Company to exchange all
options outstanding under the Company's 1995 Long-Term Incentive Plan, dated
June 1995, as amended and restated, to purchase shares of the Company's common
stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), having an exercise price
of $9.00 or more (the "Eligible Options") for new options (the "New Options") to
purchase shares of the Common Stock to be granted pursuant to the Plan, upon the
terms and conditions described in the Offer to Exchange and the related Letter


of Transmittal.  The Letter of Transmittal and the Offer to Exchange, as they
may be amended from time to time, are together referred to as the "Offer."  The
number of shares of Common Stock subject to the New Options will be equal to the
number of shares of Common Stock subject to the Eligible Options that are
accepted for exchange and canceled.  The information set forth in the Offer to
Exchange under "Summary Term Sheet," "Introduction," Section 1 ("Number of
Options; Expiration Date"), Section 5 ("Acceptance of Options for Exchange and
Issuance of New Options") and Section 8 ("Source and Amount of Consideration;
Terms of New Options") is incorporated herein by reference.

         (c)  Trading Market and Price.

         The information set forth in the Offer to Exchange under Section 7
("Price Range of Common Stock Underlying the Options") is incorporated herein by
reference.

ITEM 3.  Identity and Background of Filing Person.

         (a)  Name and Address.

         The information set forth under Item 2(a) above is incorporated herein
by reference.

ITEM 4.  Terms of the Transaction.

         (a)  Material Terms.

         The information set forth in the Offer to Exchange under "Summary Term
Sheet," "Introduction," Section 1 ("Number of Options; Expiration Date"),
Section 3 ("Procedures for Tendering Options"), Section 4 ("Withdrawal Rights"),
Section 5 ("Acceptance of Options for Exchange and Issuance of New Options"),
Section 6 ("Conditions of the Offer"), Section 11 ("Status of Options Acquired
by Us in the Offer; Accounting Consequences of the Offer"), Section 12 ("Legal
Matters; Regulatory Approvals"), Section 13 ("Material Federal Income Tax
Consequences") and Section 14 ("Extension of Offer; Termination; Amendment") is
incorporated herein by reference.

         (b)  Purchases.

         The information set forth in the Offer to Exchange under Section 10
("Interests of Directors and Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning
the Options") and Schedule A is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 5.  Past Contacts, Transactions, Negotiations and Agreements.

         (e) Agreements Involving the Subject Company's Securities

         The information set forth in the Offer to Exchange under Section 10
("Interests of Directors and Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning
the Options") is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 6.  Purposes of the Transaction and Plan or Proposals.

         (a)  Purposes.

         The information set forth in the Offer to Exchange under Section 2
("Purpose of the Offer") is incorporated herein by reference.

         (b)  Use of Securities Acquired.

         The information set forth in the Offer to Exchange under Section 5
("Acceptance of Options for Exchange and Issuance of New Options) and Section 11
("Status of Options Acquired by Us in the Offer; Accounting Consequences of the
Offer") is incorporated herein by reference.


         (c)  Plans.

         The information set forth in the Offer to Exchange under Section 2
("Purpose of the Offer") is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 7.  Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

         (a)  Source of Funds.

         The information set forth in the Offer to Exchange under Section 8
("Source and Amount of Consideration; Terms of New Options") and Section 15
("Fees and Expenses") is incorporated herein by reference.

         (b)  Conditions.

         The information set forth in the Offer to Exchange under Section 6
("Conditions of the Offer") is incorporated herein by reference.

         (d)  Borrowed Funds.

         Not applicable

ITEM 8.  Interests in Securities of the Subject Company.

         (a)  Securities Ownership.

         Not applicable

         (b)  Securities Transactions.

         The information set forth in the Offer to Exchange under Section 10
("Interests of Directors and Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning
the Options") is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 9.  Person/Assets, Retained, Employed, Compensated or Used.

         (a)  Solicitations or Recommendations

         Not applicable

ITEM 10.  Financial Statements.

         (a)  Financial Information

         The information set forth in the Offer to Exchange under Section 9
("Information About Bway") and Section 14 ("Exhibits, Financial Statement
Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K" on page 15 and F-1 through F-25), of Bway's
Annual Report on Form 10-K, for its fiscal year ended October 1, 2000, and on
pages 2 through 10 of Bway's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, for its fiscal
quarter ended April 1, 2001, is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 11.  Additional Information.

         (a)  Agreements, Regulatory Requirements and Legal Proceedings.

         The information set forth in the Offer to Exchange under Section 10
("Interests of Directors and Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning
the Options") and Section 12 ("Legal Matters; Regulatory Approvals") is
incorporated herein by reference.


         (b)  Other Material Information.

         Not applicable


ITEM 12  Exhibits.

(a)(1)(A) Offer to Exchange dated June 11, 2001.
(a)(1)(B) Form of Letter of Transmittal.
(a)(1)(C) Form of Letter to Eligible Option Holders Regarding Offer.
(a)(1)(D) Form of Notice of Withdrawal by Option Holder.
(a)(1)(E) Form of Letter to Tendering Option Holders Regarding Acceptance of
          Tendered Options.
(a)(1)(F) Bway Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended
          October 1, 2000, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
          December 22, 2000, and incorporated herein by reference.
(a)(1)(G) Bway Corporation Quarterly Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal quarter
          ended April 1, 2001, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
          on May 16, 2001, and incorporated herein by reference.
(b)       Not applicable.
(d)(1)    Bway Corporation Fourth Amended and Restated 1995 Long-Term Incentive
          Plan, filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form
          10-Q for its fiscal quarter ended April 2, 2000, filed with the
          Securities and Exchange Commission on May 5, 2000, and incorporated
          herein by reference.
(d)(2)    Form of New Non-Qualified Option Agreement related to the Fourth
          Amended and Restated 1995 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
(d)(3)    Form of New Incentive Stock Option Agreement related to the Fourth
          Amended and Restated 1995 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
(g)       Not applicable.
(h)       Not applicable.

ITEM 13.  Information Required by Schedule 13e-3

          Not Applicable


                                   SIGNATURE

          After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this Schedule TO is true, complete and
correct.

                                         Bway Corporation


                                         /s/ Kevin C. Kern
                                         -----------------
                                         Kevin C. Kern
                                         Vice President, Administration and
                                         Chief Financial Officer


Date: June 11, 2001


                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit
Number    Description
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(a)(1)(A) Offer to Exchange dated June 11, 2001.
(a)(1)(B) Form of Letter of Transmittal.
(a)(1)(C) Form of Letter to Eligible Option Holders Regarding Offer.
(a)(1)(D) Form of Notice of Withdrawal by Option Holder.
(a)(1)(E) Form of Letter to Tendering Option Holders Regarding Acceptance of
          Tendered Options.
(a)(1)(F) Bway Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended
          October 1, 2000, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
          December 22, 2000, and incorporated herein by reference.
(a)(1)(G) Bway Corporation Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for its fiscal quarter
          ended April 1, 2001, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
          on May 16, 2001, and incorporated herein by reference.
(d)(1)    Bway Corporation Fourth Amended and Restated 1995 Long-Term Incentive
          Plan, filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form
          10-Q for its fiscal quarter ended April 2, 2000, filed with the
          Securities and Exchange Commission on May 5, 2000, and incorporated
          herein by reference.
(d)(2)    Form of New Non-Qualified Option Agreement related to the Fourth
          Amended and Restated 1995 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
(d)(3)    Form of New Incentive Stock Option Agreement related to the Fourth
          Amended and Restated 1995 Long-Term Incentive Plan.